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I want to tidy up and reduce my cram-full book shelves, and therefore, I have some English written discographies (and a few similar books) for sale. All about JAZZ (and some BLUES).
I just have checked if these books - which I have bought mostly in the eighties - are still available and what's their price, ...or, are the now deleted books offered second-hand and what's their prices. During my search I was astonished, what treasures I have in my shelves.
All these books are hardcover (except for the two small British booklets) and they all look very serious: not one colour pic outside or inside, because they were produced for serious collectors and music historians. And they are all as new, except for - sometimes - some light pencil marks: either small check marks, or underlining of titles.

The most valuable of my collection seems to be this thick (1390 pp.) brick:
British Dance Bands on Record 1911 to 1945, by Brian Rust & Sandy Forbes.
It's deleted, it's rare, but sometimes you can get a used copy if you spend the fortune of 1,450 Euros (two such offers in Amazon today). My copy is the first (and only?) edition from 1987, and I have only used it once, for underlining (with thin pencil) the few titles that I had in my record collection, more or less the usual Nat Gonella and Jack Hylton. Otherwise it's "as new", but of course you can see that it was for 25 years standing in the shelves. Untouched.
With this thick book come two (thinner) additional softcover booklets:
- British Dance Bands 1920 - 1949 on 12-Inch long-playing records, 1985, by Edward Towler
- Supplement to the above (Releases from 1985 to 1987), 1987, by Edward Towler

Hard Cover Discographies:
The AFRS "Jubilee" transcription programs. An exploratory discography. Vol. 1, 1985, by Lotz and Neuert
(same) Vol. 2, 1985 by Lotz and Neuert
As new, just some thin pencil check marks of which titles I have. New price was 148 DM both. No offer found.

Basic Music Library "P" Series, 1-1000, 1990, by Kiner and Mackenzie
(Greenwood Press, Discographies Number 39)
As new, just some thin pencil check marks of which titles I have. No offer found.

The Soundies Distribution Corporation of America. A History and Discography of Their "Jukebox" Musical Films of the 1940s, 1991, by Terenzio, MacGillivray, Okuda
As new. A 2007 re-release is available for 37 €, with soft cover incl. an eye-catching colour pic on front.

The Following is all Published as Hard Cover by Greenwood Press in their "Discographies" Series.
All are as New. You'll find just a few underlinings of titles, here or there, but only with pencil.

THE KING LABELS. A Discography. Vol. 1
THE KING LABELS. A Discography. Vol. 2, both 1985, by M. Ruppli
Still available from book dealers for 251 €

THE CHESS LABELS. A Discography. Vol. 1
THE CHESS LABELS. A Discography. Vol. 2, both 1983, by M. Ruppli
Still available from book dealers for 127 €

THE SAVOY LABEL. A Discography, 1980, by M. Ruppli and B. Porter
Still available from book dealers for 131 €

THE CLEF/VERVE LABELS. A DISCOGRAPHY. Volume I The Norman Granz Era
THE CLEF/VERVE LABELS. A DISCOGRAPHY. Volume II The MGM Era, both 1986 by M. Ruppli
I only found offers for used copies for 254 €

THE BLUE NOTE LABEL. A DISCOGRAPHY, 1988, by Cuscuna and Ruppli
New available for 226 €, used for 193 € to 255 €

ATLANTIC RECORDS. A DISCOGRAPHY, Vol. 1 (1947 - March '66), 1979, by M. Ruppli
Only the First Volume, after 1966 the label was pop oriented.
The set of 4 volumes is available from book dealers for 344 €

THE ALADDIN/IMPERAL LABELS. A DISCOGRAPHY, 1991, by M. Ruppli
Still available from book dealers for 124 €

THE PRESTIGE LABEL, 1980, by M. Ruppli
Still available from book dealers for 95 €

Other Hard Cover Books that are no Discographies.
As New:

Tell Your Story. A Dictionary of Jazz and Blues recordings 1917 - 1970, by Eric Townley, 1976
Tell Your Story No. 2 (1951 - 1975), by Eric Townley, 1987
(explains A-Z hundreds of record titles, such as the various sexual meanings of 'Jelly Roll Blues', or who's the 'Big Butter and Egg Man', or what exactly is shaken in 'Shake that Thing', etc.)
I found offers of 112 € (1917-1950) and 120 to 190 € (1951-1971)

Document Blues - 1 (complete Blues lyrics), by RR MacLeod, 1995
Document Blues - 2 (complete Blues lyrics), by RR MacLeod, 1995
I found offers for 95 € (-1) and 100 € (-2).

Here is snapshot of most of the lot:


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Another pic:

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If someone is interested to get one of these precious & informative books, please contact me. Of course I don't ask for the extremely high sums that some dealers ask for. I just want that these books find a place on the shelves of a serious collector.
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PS:

Der Name hatte mich animiert, zuzugreifen:

Ob die Piratenpartei sich daran orientiert hat? Doch im Gegensatz zu den Möchtegernpolitikern: der Camembert schmeckte mir sogar. Und war schnell weggeputzt. ... Sieh an: da stimmt der kuriose Vergleich sogar, irgendwie.

Anstatt eine sachliche Meldung zu verfassen (was mir schwer fiele), zitier' ich schlicht aus der gerade eingetroffenen Mail eines Freundes und Circle-Mitglieds, der das neue Album vor einiger Zeit bei Amazon bestellt hatte und nun diese Nachricht erhielt:

"Guten Tag,
wir bedauern, dass wir eine Verzögerung bei Ihrer Amazon.de-Bestellung ankündigen müssen. Wir bitten um Ihr Verständnis: Leider hat sich das Erscheinungsdatum für den unten aufgeführten Artikel aus Ihrer Bestellung geändert und damit auch das voraussichtliche Lieferdatum:
Klaus Schulze "Shadowlands"
Voraussichtliches Lieferdatum: 02. Januar 2013 - 04. Januar 2013"
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Auf der amazon-Homepage steht in der Tat nun plötzlich wieder ein neuer Liefertermin: 31. Dezember 2012.
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Siehe auch hier.
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Ich tat also gut daran, bei der vorletzten Amazon'schen Erscheinungsdatumsänderung nicht mehr das "genaue" Datum in die offizielle KS-Website zu setzen, sondern hellsichtig (42 Jahre im Musikbusiness!) formulierte:

Still, we receive friendly requests such as: ... Can you please tell me if Klaus will ever come back to the UK? I saw him in London many years ago and it's about time he came back! ;-)

We can only answer: Hello. If you speak of concerts we can only repeat what was already said before (and what else could we say?) and what is also expressed - since ages - in the official Klaus Schulze website: It is useless to send us mails just asking when Klaus Schulze gives a concert in your town, in your country. The dates of any seriously planned concert by Klaus will be put immediately into this website.
If there is no concert announced, there is no concert in sight. Not in the UK and not elsewhere. As soon as there will be one... then of course... we'll report, immediately and in time.

A necessary disclosure: If a concert or even a concert tour will happen, depends in the first place not so much on Klaus' desire or will (then we would go on tour every year, as in the seventies) but on realistic offers by professional local concert promoters.
But thanks anyway, for your kind interest.
Best regards / Schoene Gruesse
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Beim Suchen für eine Überschrift fand ich in meiner Zitatensammlung dies: "Alles ist schon mal gesagt worden, aber weil niemand zuhört, muss man es immer wieder sagen." Gesagt, getan.

German Amazon (and jpc) gives now the 8th, 15th 22nd of June as release day. ... I spoke yesterday with my simpatico contact from the Russian label; they just got the double LP fresh from the factory and pretty soon they will send KS and me our few free copies.

Haben deutsche Film-Regisseure einen speziellen Kühlschrank, der hinten offen ist, damit die Kamera von "innen" zusehen kann, wie ein Darsteller etwas rausnimmt oder reinlegt ...dann die Tür wieder schließt ... blackout ...und: Schnitt! ...?
Ist Kamera & Licht bereits fest an einem speziellen Kühlschrank installiert, da dieser "special effect" inzwischen oft, ja: fast in jedem Film benutzt wird? (...ähnlich wie die doofe Karussell-Kamera, bei deren Einsatz dem Zuschauer schwindlig wird, wenn sie um den oder die Darsteller - um "action" vorzutäuschen - mehrmals schnell rumfährt?)
Ist es womöglich immer der gleiche, speziell präparierte, Kühlschrank, den eine Ausstatterin oder ein Studio sich hat patentieren lassen und immer an alle Filmteams ausleiht?
Das sind so Fragen, die kommen einem, wenn man deutsche Filme anschaut und sich über deren unnütze Mätzchen-Einstellungen wundert. Ja, es gibt da so einige.
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PS: Früher - nicht nur in deutschen Filmen - gab's einen anderen recht unrealistischen Kühlschrankeinsatz (außer bei "The Seven Year Itch", da war's Teil der Handlung): die Kühlschranktür wurde nach Benutzung offen gelassen, während die Handlung weiterging.
Nur..., dass "früher" die Darsteller in den Filmen nie auf die Toilette gingen (das fiel mir schon als Kind in den Fünfzigern auf) hat sich inzwischen geändert.

Satz des Tages, über die Piraten: "Gäbe es übers Internet Brötchen umsonst, würden sie ein Loblied auf die Freiheit der Brötchen singen."

Zufällig beim Büchereinräumen und dabei etwas Rumblättern gefunden: einen Satz in einem älteren Sprachglossenbuch: "Fast alles nervt, wenn es sich häuft."
Oh, ja.